Hey There Delilah Uke tab by Plain White T's

6 Chords used in the song: C, Em, G, B, Am, F

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Artist: 
Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: C, Am, EmChords and Tablature
Original key: +1.0 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
Intro: 
A|-3---3---3---3-------------------|
E|-----------------0---0---0---0---|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| x2


1st verve :
C C
Hey there Delilah,
Em Em
What's it like in New York City?
C C
I'm a thousand miles away,
Em Em
But girl tonight you look so pretty,
Am Am (G G)
Yes you do,
F F (G G) Am Am
Time Square can't shine as bright as you,
G G
I swear it's true



2nd verse :
C C
Hey there Delilah,
Em Em
Don't you worry about the distance,
C C
I'm right there if you get lonely,
Em Em
Give this song another listen,
Am Am (G G)
Close your eyes,
F F (G G) Am Am
Listen to my voice it's my disguise,
G G
I'm by your side




Chorus :
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am
Oh it's what you do to me,
(B B) C C
What you do to me


3rd verse:
C C
Hey there Delilah,
Em Em
I know times are getting hard,
C C
But just believe me girl some day,
Em Em
I'll pay the bills with this guitar,
Am Am
We'll have it good,
F F Am Am
We'll have the life we knew we would,
G G
My word is good



4th verse:
C C
Hey there Delilah,
Em Em
I've got so much left to say,
C C
If every simple song I wrote to you,
Em Em
Would take your breath away,
Am Am
I'd write it all,
F F Am Am
Even more in love with me you'd fall,
G G
We'd have it all



Chorus :
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am
Oh it's what you do to me,



Bridge :
F F
A A thousand miles seems pretty far,
G G
But they've got planes and trains and cars,
C C Am Am
I'd walk to you if I had no other way,
F F
Our friends would all make fun of us,
G G
And we'll just laugh along because,
C C Am Am
We know that none of them have felt this way,
F F
Delilah I can promise you,
G G
That by the time that we get through,
Em Em Am Am
The world will never ever be the same,
G G G G
And you're to blame




5th verse:
C C (Em Em)
Hey there Delilah you be good,
Em Em
And don't you miss me,
C C
Two more years and you'll be done with school,
Em Em
And I'll be making history,
Am Am (G G)
Like I do,
F F Am Am
You'll know it's all because of you,
F F Am Am
We can do whatever we want to,
F F Am Am
Hey there Delilah here's to you,
G G G G
This one's for you



Chorus :
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am (B B)
Oh it's what you do to me,
C C (G G) Am Am
Oh it's what you do to me,
(B B) C C
What you do to me

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Lila1566 avatar
use the intro picking pattern to play the notes in the OG form. Trust me on this
12 Jan 2021
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Moozle25 avatar
this is a lot easier to sing transposed up 5 half steps
12 Feb 2019
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UkuleleLegend avatar
actually, the chords of my version are D, Gbm, G, A, Bm
03 Jan 2019
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UkuleleLegend avatar
the rest of the chords are great,but for the intro, I do the bottom 3 strings as 3,3,1 (x3) and 2,3,1 (x3) twice
03 Jan 2019
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thamegg avatar
It sounds much better with G chords instead of Bs
02 Oct 2018
Correction
thamegg avatar
I'm doing DD UU D for most of it
22 Sep 2018
Correction
Bebu avatar
flag for AR(ISO2) (Rosario)
strumming pattern???
06 Sep 2018
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Lalane avatar
strumming ??
21 May 2018
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Jazzu avatar
mobile flag for US(ISO2) (Kansas City)
awesome! thanks#
29 May 2017
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gmbrod avatar
Intro way off... but the chords are good.
29 Mar 2012
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Alexxxxxxxxx avatar
flag for US(ISO2) (Port Saint Lucie)
The intro sounds better as 5th on a and 2nd on g then 2nd on e and 2nd on g.
20 Sep 2011
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Darkrye24 avatar
flag for US(ISO2) (Arlington)
The intro is way off but the chords are fantastico!
24 Aug 2011
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Utzibutzi avatar
the intro sounds a little weird =)

A|-3-3-3-3------------
E|----------7-7-7-7---
C|--------------------
g|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--

i think it sounds better that way.
04 Jan 2010
Correction

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